Adjustable hose-nozzle holder.



C. J. LUNDQUIST. ADJUSTABLE HOSE NOZZLE HOLDER.

APPLIGATION FILED AUG. 17, 1911.

1',O16,281, Patented Feb. 6, 1912.

WitnesseS 7g; {6 (1111.1. LUndql/Ls ($66 By his Aiiorneysl um ED STATES PATE 1r OFFICE. CARL LUNDQU IST, 02E MINNEAPOLIS,.MINNESOT A, ASSIGNOB OF ONE-HALF TO ERICK O. WIS'IRAND, 0F MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

ADJUSTABLE HOSE-NOZZLE HOLDER.

Application filed August '17, 1911. Serial No. 644,484.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OARLJ. LUNn Urs'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Hose-Nozzle Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,

' clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. 1

My invention has for its object to provide a simple and highly eflicient hose nozzle holder adapted to hold the nozzle or spraying end of a lawn or garden hose in difi'erent positions for spraying.

To such ends, the invention consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claims.

able hose nozzle holder, some parts being sectioned; and Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical sectiontaken on the line m m of Fig. 1. p

The hose is indicated by the numeral 1, and its nozzle by the numeral 2.

The holder comprises a supporting bracket which is preferably constructed from three flat metal bars or strips 3, 4 and 5. The bars 3 and 4, at their lower portions, are transversely extended in opposite directions to form ground engaging supporting legs, and are rigidly secured to the twisted rear end of the forwardly extended bar 5, which latter affords a ground engaging front leg. From their point of attachment to the leg 5, the bars 3 are reversely bulged to form a, seat that receives and rigidly holds the rear end of a quite heavy coiled spring 6. Just above the spring, the bars 3 and 4 are again brought together and rigidly secured, preferably by a rivet. The bar 3 is extended still farther upward and terminated into a plane parallel to the extension of the legs 3 and 4, andbe inserted endwise through the coiled sprln 6, preferably until the nozzle pro- ]eets yond the front or free end of the said sprlng. A short gripping coil 8 is intel-meshed or interlocked with the free end of the main coil 6, and is provided, atone end, with an extension 9 that is attached to the front end of a notched or ratchet toothed lock bar 10. The notches or teeth of this-lock bar 10' are on its lower edge so that when the said bar is extended through the slot 7 of bar 3, it is adapted to be gravity-held inthe upper end of the Patented Feb. 6, 1912.

terlocked to the said arm. The hose is also extended through the gripping coil 8, and, in as much as the main coil 6 exerts a force tending to straighten itself, it is evident that when the coil and the hose are bent or curved upward, as shown in the drawings, the hose will be frictionally clamped between the said coil 8 to the free endof the said coil 6, and will thus be held against endwise slipping movement. By adjustments ofthe lock ar 10, the nozzle of the hose may, as is evident, be adhighly efficient for the purposes had in view.

at I claim is:

1. A holder of the kind described, comprising a supporting bracket, a coiled spring through which the hose may be passed, and means for holding the said spring in different adjustments, substantially as described.

2. A holder of the kind described, comprising a supporting bracket, a coiled spring secured to the said bracket at one end, and through which the hose is adapted to be passed, and an adjustable connection between the free end of said coiled spring and the said supporting bracket,

.whereby the hose and its nozzle may be held in its different adjustments, substantially as described.

3. In a holder of the kind described, the combination with a supporting bracket, of a coiled spring attached thereto at one end, and means for adjusting the free end means for holding said spring in di of said coiled spring, comprising a notched bar having interlocking engagement with apart of said bracket.

'4. A holder of the kind described, comprisinga supporting bracket, a spring sea grip ing coil intermeshed with the free end 0 said coiled spring, and a notched bar connected to said gripping coil and having interlocking engagement with a portion of said bracket,

6. ,In a holder of the kinddescribed, the combination with a supporting-bracket, and

a flexible hose supporting element connected thereto, of a notched bar having interlocking engagement with a portion of a connected to sa'i said bracket and havin an element co'n- I nected to the said flexib e element and cooperating-therewith to adjustably support and one t ereof, having a slotted upper extremity, in combinatlon with a coiled spring, which at one end is held by said clamping bulges, a notched bar working through'the slot of,.the said slotted bar and adjustably enga ed therewith, and a coil notch bar and cooperating with the free end of said coiled spring and adjustably holding the hose.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signa-' ture in presence of two witnesses.

CARL J. LUNDQUIST.

Witnesses:

F. D. MERCHANT, HARRY D. KILGORE. 

